AUSSIE DJ'S BREAK THEIR SILENCE OVER THE ROYAL HOAX CALL. AND THE THOUGHT THAT WE MAY HAVE PLAYED A PART IN THAT IS... JUST GUT-WRENCHING. AUSSIE DJ'S BREAK THEIR SILENCE OVER THE ROYAL HOAX CALL. 'IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BUILT' ` THE SHOCKING CONCLUSION ABOUT CHRISTCHURCH'S CTV BUILDING. AND THE INTERVIEW THAT BOUGHT AUSSIE SUPERSTAR HUGH JACKMAN TO TEARS. 'SHATTERED, GUTTED AND HEARTBROKEN.' THAT'S HOW THE AUSTRALIAN DJ'S INVOLVED IN THE ROYAL HOAX SAY THEY FELT ON HEARING ABOUT THE APPARENT SUICIDE OF THE NURSE WHO TOOK THE CALL. MEL GREIG AND MICHAEL CHRISTIAN HAVE SPOKEN OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE TRAGEDY, SAYING NO ONE COULD HAVE FORESEEN WHAT HAPPENED. SIDE BY SIDE, AS THEY HAD BEEN WHEN THEY MADE THAT FATEFUL HOAX CALL, SHATTERED RADIO HOSTS MEL GREIG AND MICHAEL CHRISTIAN EXPRESSED THEIR GRIEF. YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT THEY'RE DOING OK AND THEY'RE GETTING THE LOVE AND SUPPORT THAT THEY DESERVE AND NEED RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I'M... (SIGHS) (SOBS) (BREATHES DEEPLY) I'M GUTTED. THERE'S NOT A MINUTE THAT GOES BY THAT WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE FAMILY AND WHAT THEY MUST BE GOING THROUGH. AND THE THOUGHT THAT WE MAY HAVE PLAYED A PART IN THAT IS... JUST GUT-WRENCHING. APPEARING IN AN UNEDITED AND UNPAID INTERVIEW, THE TWO DJ'S EXPLAINED THEIR INTENTIONS BEHIND THE CALL. THE IDEA WAS NEVER, 'LET'S CALL UP AND GET THROUGH TO KATE,' OR, 'LET'S SPEAK TO A NURSE.' THE JOKE WAS, 'OUR ACCENTS ARE HORRIBLE. 'THEY DON'T SOUND ANYTHING LIKE WHO THEY'RE INTENDED TO BE.' THE JOKE... THE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE WAS US. IT WAS MEANT TO BE OUR SILLY ACCENTS. THAT'S WHERE IT WAS MEANT TO END. IT WAS JUST MEANT TO BE US BEING SILLY. THE PAIR HAVE BEEN TARGETED ONLINE,... ELECTRONIC VOICE: YOU ARE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATH OF ANOTHER HUMAN BEING. ...BUT SAY THEY WEREN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AUDIO GOING TO AIR. I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS. PRESUMABLY IT GOES TO YOUR PRODUCER? NO, THERE'S A WHOLE TEAM. THERE'S A WHOLE TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT WORK WITH US. AND FAR ABOVE, YOU KNOW... WE JUST GO ON AND KEEP RECORDING OTHER STUFF OR DOING OTHER PREP. WE DO THAT AND LEAVE IT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO DEAL WITH. POST-MORTEM RESULTS ON NURSE SALDANHA'S BODY ARE EXPECTED SOON. THE 46-YEAR-OLD MARRIED MOTHER OF TWO WILL BE BURIED IN HER HOME VILLAGE IN INDIA. I WANTED TO JUST... REACH OUT TO THEM AND JUST GIVE THEM A BIG HUG AND SAY SORRY. AND I HOPE THEY'RE OK. I REALLY DO. 2DAY FM'S OWNER HAS SUSPENDED ALL ADVERTISING ON THE STATION UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND, NOT SURPRISINGLY, BANNED DJ'S FROM MAKING PRANK CALLS. STEVE MARSHALL, ONE NEWS, SYDNEY. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, OUR PRIME MINISTER HAS COMMENTED ON THE ROYAL HOAX CALL. HE DIDN'T MINCE HIS WORDS ABOUT WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF RADIO. I DON'T THINK ANYONE COULD HAVE FORETOLD WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. IT'S INCREDIBLY SAD. I MEAN, I FELT QUITE SICK WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS. SO, IT'S AN AWFUL THING, AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF DECADES WHERE YOU'VE SEEN RADIO STATIONS PLAY THESE KIND OF PRACTICAL JOKES AND STUNTS, AND THEY JUST NEED TO THINK THEM THROUGH. AND THIS, I SUSPECT, WILL BE A BIT OF A WAKE-UP CALL FOR THE INDUSTRY. THE DESIGN FAILURES WERE SO SERIOUS, CHRISTCHURCH'S CTV BUILDING SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN GIVEN A BUILDING PERMIT. THOSE ARE THE DISTURBING FINDINGS IN THE CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKES ROYAL COMMISSION FINAL REPORT. POLICE ARE NOW ASSESSING THE FINDINGS INTO THE COLLAPSE OF THE BUILDING WHICH KILLED 115 PEOPLE. MIKE THORPE'S BEEN LOOKING AT THE 1100-PAGE REPORT. 22 MONTHS ON FROM THE CTV BUILDING COLLAPSE, THE FAMILIES OF THE 115 VICTIMS HAVE THEIR ANSWERS ` MORE THAN 300 PAGES OF THEM. AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE WORD I WANTED TO COME OUT OF THE WHOLE THING, AND THAT WAS THE TRUTH. AND I THINK THEY SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING THAT OUT. BUT AS FAR AS CTV GOES, IT'S A BUILDING WITH A HISTORY THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE, REALLY, FROM START TO FINISH. THAT HISTORY MAKES GRIM READING ` FLAWED DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION FAILURES AND MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO CLOSE THE BUILDING MISSED. IN FACT, THE COMMISSION'S FINDINGS LIST SIX SPECIFIC REASONS FOR ITS COLLAPSE. FIVE OF THOSE WERE DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION FAILURES. THE SIXTH WAS THE FORCE OF THE EARTHQUAKE ITSELF. IT'S NOT THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S ROLE TO APPORTION LIABILITY, BUT CERTAIN PARTIES ARE CLEARLY IMPLICATED IN THESE FAILURES. THE PRINCIPAL OF THE FIRM THAT DESIGNED THE BUILDING SAYS HE'S YET TO RECEIVE THE REPORT. IN A STATEMENT, DR ALAN REAY SAYS... THE CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL ` THE BODY THAT GRANTED THE BUILDING PERMIT ` HAS MADE A SIMILAR STATEMENT. THE FAMILIES ONE NEWS SPOKE TO TODAY SAID THEY WOULDN'T BE A PART OF ANY POTENTIAL LEGAL ACTION, BUT THEY BELIEVED OTHERS WOULD BE. PERSONALLY, NOTHING WILL CHANGE FOR ME OR FOR THE FAMILIES, BUT IF THERE IS A GROSS CASE OF NEGLIGENCE OR WHATEVER IN THAT FIELD, THAT'S UP FOR THE APPROPRIATE PEOPLE TO INSTIGATE PROCEEDINGS. I THINK THAT I'M A GREAT BELIEVER THAT WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. AND THIS REPORT HAS DONE NOTHING TO RULE OUT FURTHER ACTIONS BY POLICE. THE CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKE'S ROYAL COMMISSION MADE A FURTHER 80 RECOMMENDATIONS, MANY OF THEM CALLING FOR CHANGES TO THE BUILDING AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCESS. 250 VOLUNTEERS CARRIED OUT RAPID BUILDING ASSESSMENTS AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 2010 EARTHQUAKE, BUT LESS THAN HALF WERE TRAINED ENGINEERS. THE COMMISSION IS NOW SEEKING A SPECIALISED GROUP OF EVALUATORS TO CARRY OUT THE CHECKS. THEY ARE ONLY NEEDED VERY OCCASIONALLY, AND SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THE TRAINING, SO PROVIDING THAT'S PROPERLY FUNDED, IT MAKES REALLY GOOD SENSE TO HAVE THAT POOL OF PEOPLE AVAILABLE. THE COMMISSION ALSO WANTS A SHAKE-UP OF THE STICKERING SYSTEM IDENTIFYING HOW DAMAGED BUILDINGS ARE, SAYING THE WORDING AND COLOUR OF PLACARDS ARE UNCLEAR AND CONFUSING. BRENDAN HORAN SAYS HE'S GONE TO THE POLICE TO FIND OUT WHO LEAKED HIS PARLIAMENTARY PHONE RECORDS WHICH DETAIL CALLS TO THE T.A.B. THE MP'S BEEN EXPELLED FROM NZ FIRST AFTER ALLEGATIONS HE STOLE FROM HIS LATE MOTHER. TODAY HE TALKED WITH POLITICAL EDITOR CORIN DANN. LAST WEEK, BRENDAN HORAN WAS DOING HIS BEST TO DODGE THE MEDIA. TODAY HE FRONTED UP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HE WAS KICKED OUT OF NZ FIRST. 'BITTER' IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD. FOR ME, IT WAS, IF YOU LIKE, THE DEATH OF A HERO, BECAUSE WINSTON HAS BEEN MY MENTOR. HIS HERO DITCHED HIM AFTER ALLEGATIONS MR HORAN STOLE MONEY FROM HIS LATE MOTHER TO ALLEGEDLY FEED A GAMBLING HABIT. WHEN THE BIG RACES WERE ON, I MADE A NUMBER OF CALLS, AND MOST OF THOSE TIMES IT WAS WITH MY MOTHER. WE WERE SITTING DOWN WATCHING 'TRACKSIDE' ON TV AND THE HORSES GO PAST, AND MUM WOULD SAY, 'I LIKE THAT ONE,' AND I'D SAY, 'OK, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE?' WHAT SORT OF BETS WERE YOU PUTTING ON? OH, WITH MY MOTHER? JUST SMALL BETS. PHONE RECORDS SHOW HE MADE 144 CALLS TO THE TAB IN 10 MONTHS. SO YOU ARE ADAMANT YOU DON'T HAVE A GAMBLING PROBLEM HERE? NO. BRENDAN HORAN SAYS HE HANDED OVER THE PHONE RECORDS TO WINSTON PETERS AS PART OF HIS INQUIRIES. THERE WAS ONLY ONE HARD COPY, AND IT WAS GIVEN TO WINSTON PETERS. SO DO YOU FEEL HE LEAKED THOSE PAPERS? LOOK,... (SIGHS) I DON'T KNOW. MR HORAN SAYS HE'S DISGUSTED THE DOCUMENTS WERE LEAKED. THERE ARE KIWIRAIL CONTACTS WHO HAVE RUNG ME, PEOPLE WHO WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS IF THEIR PHONE NUMBERS GET OUT, AND THAT'S WHY I WENT TO POLICE AND THE PRIVACY COMMISSIONER. HE SAYS HIS FAMILY IS ALSO SUFFERING. IT DOES TAKE ITS TOLL, AND IT'S` BUT MY WIFE IS AN AMAZING, AMAZING WOMAN. MR HORAN REFUSED REPEATEDLY TO COMMENT ON THE ALLEGATIONS THAT HE STOLE FROM HIS MOTHER'S BANK ACCOUNT, SAYING HE WAS STILL WORKING ON A RESPONSE WITH HIS LAWYER. I WILL HOLD MY HEAD HIGH. I'VE GOT NOTHING TO HANG IT DOWN FOR. HE'S ADAMANT HE'S GOT A BIG FUTURE AS AN INDEPENDENT MP, AND AS OF TOMORROW AFTERNOON WILL COME FACE TO FACE WITH HIS FORMER HERO HERE. WINSTON PETERS IS ADAMANT HE'S HEARD NOTHING FROM MR HORAN TODAY THAT CHANGES HIS DECISION TO EXPEL HIM. CORIN DANN, ONE NEWS. EWEN MACDONALD, THE MAN ACQUITTED OF MURDERING FEILDING FARMER SCOTT GUY, WILL TOMORROW MAKE HIS FIRST BID FOR FREEDOM. MACDONALD WILL APPEAR BEFORE THE PAROLE BOARD ON VANDALISM AND ARSON CHARGES, AND ONE NEWS HAS RARE PERMISSION TO ATTEND. SIMON BRADWELL REPORTS. EWEN MACDONALD HAS SPENT 20 MONTHS BEHIND BARS, MOST OF IT HERE AT MANAWATU PRISON. TOMORROW, IN A ROOM IN THE PRISON, MACDONALD WILL ASK TO BE RELEASED. AND ONE NEWS HAS BEEN GRANTED A RARE FIRST-HAND VIEW. WE APPLIED TO THE PAROLE BOARD TO ATTEND. THAT'S BEEN GRANTED. WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO TAKE IN A CAMERA, BUT WE ARE ALLOWED TO WITNESS AND REPORT WHAT HAPPENS. MACDONALD WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL LAST YEAR AND CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF SCOTT GUY. HE WAS ACQUITTED OF THAT CRIME, BUT MACDONALD DID ADMIT SEVERAL OTHERS, FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED A FIVE-YEAR JAIL SENTENCE. DURING THE TRIAL IT WAS REVEALED THAT HE'D SMASHED UP A DREAM HOME SCOTT GUY WAS BUILDING WITH HIS WIFE, KYLEE, AND PAINTED ABUSIVE GRAFFITI ON THE OUTSIDE. I WAS JUST CRYING, SAYING, 'IS THIS TOWARDS ME?' MACDONALD ALSO BURNED DOWN AN OLD HOUSE ON THE GUY FARM. BUT WHAT THE JURY DIDN'T KNOW, UNTIL WE WERE FIRST TO REVEAL IT, WAS THAT MACDONALD HAD COMMITTED SEVERAL OTHER CRIMES. AFTER BEING CAUGHT POACHING DEER ON A FOXTON PROPERTY, MACDONALD EMPTIED OUT A MILK VAT, THEN BURNED DOWN A DUCK SHOOTER'S HUT. HE AND ACCOMPLICE CALLUM BOE ALSO KILLED 19 CALVES ON A NEIGHBOURING FARM. THE CRIMES, INITIALLY DENIED BY MACDONALD, WERE ONLY ADMITTED AFTER THE POLICE TOLD HIM THAT BOE HAD CONFESSED. I SAW AND HEARD NO SIGNS OF REMORSE. INDEED, IF ANYTHING, THERE WERE STATEMENTS CONSISTENT ONLY WITH CONTINUING INDIFFERENCE. AT SENTENCING, THE COURT HEARD THAT MACDONALD HAD TURNED HIS LIFE AROUND. NOW THE PAROLE BOARD WILL DECIDE IF HE HAS. SCIENTISTS CAN NOW SLICE THE TIME IT TAKES TO TRACE A DANGEROUS FOOD BUG, WHICH CAN KNOCK PEOPLE OFF THEIR FEET FOR WEEKS, AND EVEN KILL. IN A WORLD FIRST, THEY SAY THEY CAN SOURCE CAMPYLOBACTER IN HOURS, RATHER THAN DAYS. WILL HINE WITH THIS EXCLUSIVE REPORT. SUMMER'S THE TIME FOR BARBECUES, SALADS AND AL FRESCO DINING. BUT FOR AN UNLUCKY FEW, THE FOOD CAN LEAVE A NASTY AFTERTASTE. I ATE A CHICKEN SAVOURY, AND THAT NIGHT I GOT VERY VERY SICK. I STARTED GETTING NAUSEOUS, STOMACH` REALLY BAD STOMACH CRAMPS, AND THEN THE DIARRHOEA WAS QUITE CHRONIC. BUT THIS SUMMER THERE MAY BE FEWER OF THOSE WAR STORIES ABOUT. THIS TECHNIQUE IS A WORLD FIRST. WORLDWIDE. MICROBIOLOGISTS HAVE STRUGGLED TO FIND NEW METHODS FOR FINGERPRINTING CAMPYLOBACTER. IT'S ALL ABOUT TRACING CAMPYLOBACTER BACK TO ITS SOURCE IN RECORD TIMES. FAECAL SAMPLES WILL BE TESTED AT A LAB TO REVEAL A CAMPYLOBACTER FINGERPRINT. IF SAMPLES FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE RETURN THE SAME UNIQUE FINGERPRINT, ALARM BELLS WILL START RINGING. IT MEANS A SINGLE SOURCE IS CAUSING WIDESPREAD ILLNESS. SHUTTING IT DOWN THEN BECOMES THE PRIORITY FOR HEALTH OFFICIALS. EACH DNA FINGERPRINT RESEMBLES A BARCODE. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? WELL, THE NOTIFIED INFECTION RATE FOR CAMPYLOBACTER IN NZ IS RELATIVELY HIGH. THE 168 CASES PER 100,000 PEOPLE IS ABOUT 50% HIGHER THAN AUSTRALIA, AND 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE UNITED STATES. BESIDES PREVENTING ILLNESS, IT'S HOPED THE TECHNOLOGY ALSO PAYS A DIVIDEND, WITH ESR PLANNING ON SELLING IT OFFSHORE. JUST AHEAD, KICK-STARTING MEMORIES. THE PACEMAKER FOR THE BRAIN THAT COULD HELP ALZHEIMER'S SUFFERERS. PLUS WHAT IT MEANS FOR CONSUMERS WHEN THE WAREHOUSE SNATCHES UP A RETAIL BARGAIN. DOCTORS IN THE US ARE TRIALLING A PACEMAKER FOR THE BRAIN IN A BID TO FIGHT THE RAVAGES OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. IT'S HOPED THE DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION WILL SLOW MEMORY LOSS IN PATIENTS. THE ABC'S JOHN SCHRIFFEN REPORTS. A CURE FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, WITH ITS HEARTBREAKING MENTAL DECLINE AND MEMORY LOSS, HAS LONG ELUDED DOCTORS. BUT NOW A NEW, SURGICAL APPROACH INVOLVING A PACEMAKER USED TO STIMULATE THE BRAIN IS OFFERING GREAT HOPE. TWO OF THE FIRST SUCH SURGERIES IN THE US WERE PERFORMED AT JOHNS HOPKINS BY DR WILLIAM ANDERSON. WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE SURGERY. WHAT WE HOPE IS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE A PATIENT'S FUNCTION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME ` MUCH LONGER THAN OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE. EXPERIMENTAL MEDICATIONS HAVE SO FAR FAILED TO SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW THE DEBILITATING DISEASE. BUT DR ANDERSON SAYS THE SURGERY HAS BEEN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE IN CANADA, WHERE IT HAS ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED SIX TIMES ON PATIENTS, SUCH AS ROBERT LINTON, WITH EARLY ALZHEIMER'S. IF I CAN'T REMEMBER SOMETHING, IF I JUST PAUSE FOR ONE, TWO OR THREE SECONDS,... (CLICKS FINGERS) IT POPS IN. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. THE PACEMAKER IS SURGICALLY IMPLANTED IN THE CHEST. WIRES ARE RUN UNDER THE SKIN TO THE SKULL, THEN DEEP INTO THE BRAIN TO DELIVER AN ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AT A RATE OF 100 ELECTRICAL IMPULSES A SECOND. WHAT'S EXCITING IS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MEMORY WORKS FITS WELL WITH HOW THIS SURGERY MIGHT WORK. THE SAME DEVICE IS COMMONLY USED TO FIGHT PARKINSON'S DISEASE. FOR LINTON, HIS DOCTOR DEMONSTRATES THE DIFFERENCE IN HIS BRAIN SCANS. ALTHOUGH THE LIGHTS ARE OUT HERE, THERE IS SOMEONE HOME, AND WE'RE ABLE TO TURN THE BRAIN BACK ON. AND WHILE THE SURGERY TO BATTLE ALZHEIMER'S IS STILL EXPERIMENTAL, AFTER FOUR YEARS, LINTON IS STILL DRIVING HIS CAR, GOING TO THE GYM; LIVING A NORMAL LIFE. THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS OF CAIRO AS ANGER RAGES AGAINST THE PRESIDENT, DESPITE HIS EFFORTS TO DEFUSE THE GROWING CRISIS. PRESIDENT MORSI HAS SCRAPPED THE CONTROVERSIAL DECREE THAT GAVE HIM SWEEPING NEW POWERS, BUT HIS OPPONENTS SAY THE REVERSAL DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. NOW THEY'RE PUSHING FOR A PLANNED REFERUNDUM ON THE NEW DRAFT CONSTITUTION TO ALSO BE SHELVED. IF THE PRESIDENT USES HIS MAJORITY TO PASS LAWS THAT ARE AGAINST UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS, THAT ARE AGAINST THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, WE FIND OURSELVES IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION. WE HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO CONTINUE WITH OUR DEMONSTRATIONS. PRESIDENT MORSI'S SUPPORTERS SAY HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO HOLD THE REFERENDUM, WHICH IS SET DOWN FOR THIS WEEKEND. SIR PATRICK MOORE, THE ECCENTRIC ENGLISH AMATEUR ASTRONOMER WHO BECAME A TV STAR, HAS DIED AGED 89. HE FIRST PRESENTED 'THE SKY AT NIGHT' IN 1957. HIS EARLY WORK INVOLVED MAPPING THE MOON ` MAPS THAT HELPED THE US PLAN THEIR MOON LANDINGS. ASTRONOMY HAS JUST GROWN THROUGH LEAPS AND BOUNDS, AND IT'S PEOPLE LIKE PATRICK WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE; HELP ORDINARY PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ENORMITY OF THE UNIVERSE. THE BROADCASTER HAD AN OBSERVATORY IN HIS BACK GARDEN, AND HIS 55 YEARS ON TV MADE HIM THE LONGEST-EVER HOST OF A SINGLE SHOW. TO BUSINESS NEWS NOW, AND THE COUNTRY'S BIGGEST RETAILER IS EXPANDING ITS EMPIRE. THE WAREHOUSE HAS BOUGHT THE NOEL LEEMING GROUP IN A $65M DEAL THAT GIVES THE RED SHED OWNER 92 NOEL LEEMING AND BOND AND BOND STORES. JOANNA HUNKIN HAS THE DETAILS. IT'S THE HOME OF KIWI BARGAIN-HUNTING, BUT EVEN WITH A $65M PRICE TAG, THE WAREHOUSE IS HAPPY WITH THIS PURCHASE. I THINK WE PAID A FAIR PRICE. THE DEAL ANNOUNCED TODAY'S BEEN SIX MONTHS IN THE MAKING AFTER NOEL LEEMING'S AUSTRALIAN OWNERS LOOKED TO OFFLOAD THE ELECTRICAL CHAIN, WHICH IS MILLIONS IN DEBT. WE'VE BOUGHT IT FOR $65M COMPLETELY DEBT-FREE. THAT'LL BUY THE COMPANY 92 NOEL LEEMING AND BOND AND BOND STORES, WHICH IT PLANS TO KEEP AND CONTINUE TO RUN AS SEPARATE CHAINS. IN THE NEW YEAR WE'LL LOOK AT HOW BEST TO STRENGTHEN ALL OUR RETAIL BRANDS. WE'RE KEEPING THE LEADERSHIP TEAM AT NOEL LEEMING GROUP. YOU NEVER SAY NEVER THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY CHANGES TO STRUCTURE. THAT WOULD BE DISINGENUOUS. AND RETAIL IS CHANGE ` YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT HOW YOU CAN IMPROVE. THE DEAL WILL SEE THE WAREHOUSE BECOME A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE ELECTRONIC RETAIL SECTOR, BUT THE COMMERCE COMMISSION'S TOLD ONE NEWS IT HAS NO CONCERNS ABOUT THE DEAL, AS THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF COMPETITION IN THE MARKET. OTHERS ARE WAITING TO SEE HOW THE BUYOUT WILL AFFECT CONSUMERS. WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS WHETHER KIWIS ARE GOING TO GET A BARGAIN FROM THIS DEAL. CONSUMER ELECTRONICS ARE MORE AROUND US, BUT THE PRICES AND MARGINS FOR RETAILERS HAVE REDUCED OVER THE YEARS. SO THE STRONGER THE BUYING GROUP, THE BETTER THE QUALITY OF GADGETS WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET. BUT THERE'S A RISK STREAMLINING WILL RESULT IN LESS CHOICE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL GET THE FULL RANGE OF PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE USED TO. INVESTORS ARE EQUALLY WARY, WITH NO CHANGE TO THE WAREHOUSE GROUP SHARE PRICE AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS. JOANNA HUNKIN, ONE NEWS. UP NEXT, FIND OUT WHAT IT IS THAT CAN MAKE THE WOLVERINE CRY. FORGET TUTUS AND FROU FROU. GETTING AHEAD IN BALLET IS CUT-THROAT COMPETITION AND HARD WORK ` SOMETHING THE 70 DANCERS AT AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION KNOWN AS 'THE OLYMPICS OF BALLET' IN WELLINGTON KNOW ONLY TOO WELL. IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE EVENT'S BEEN HELD IN NZ, AND AS LAURA ALBREY FOUND OUT, IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME FOR ONE KIWI DANCER. EMMA MCBETH (18) IS LEAPING WITH JOY ` BEING PART OF THE PRESTIGIOUS GENEE INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION IS A DREAM COME TRUE. IT'S JUST THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR. IT'S, LIKE, THE PINNACLE. LIKE... YOU CAN'T GET ANY BIGGER THAN THIS. SHE'S ONE OF 12 KIWIS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN FROM THE WORLD'S BEST DANCERS. YOU'LL NEVER GET ANOTHER CHANCE LIKE THIS ` ESPECIALLY BEING IN, LIKE, THE SAME STUDIO AS THESE PEOPLE. IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE. AND BEING ABLE TO LEARN AND WORK WITH, LIKE, ADRIAN BURNETT, WHO IS CHOREOGRAPHER EXTRAORDINAIRE. THE GENEE STARTS WITH FIVE DAYS OF INTENSIVE TRAINING, THEN TWO DAYS OF COMPETITION FOR ALL 70 DANCERS. THE GOAL IS A PLACE IN THE FINAL ` SEEN AS A FIRST STEP TOWARDS AN INTERNATIONAL DANCING CAREER. YOU WILL FIND THERE ARE GENEE FINALLISTS AND MEDAL WINNERS IN COMPANIES RIGHT AROUND THE WORLD. IN THE COMPETITION'S 81 YEARS, FIVE NZ DANCERS HAVE WON THE GENEE TOP PRIZE ` A GOLD MEDAL. BUT IT'S THE FIRST TIME THE COMPETITION HAS BEEN HELD HERE. ORGANISERS SAY IT'S A CHANCE TO SHINE THE INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON OUR LOCAL TALENT. I THINK IT'S A SIGN THAT THE NZ BALLET WORLD NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. AS TO A WIN ON THE HOME STAGE,... IT'S MORE THAN MY LIFE IS WORTH TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO PREDICT ANYTHING. BUT EMMA KNOWS, FOR HER, JUST BEING AMONG THIS COMPANY IS A MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. LAURA ALBREY, ONE NEWS. THE FINAL OF THE COMPETITION TAKES PLACE ON SATURDAY. AUSSIE SUPERSTAR HUGH JACKMAN HAS BROKEN DOWN DURING AN EMOTIONAL TELEVISION INTERVIEW IN THE UNITED STATES. THE HOLLYWOOD HEART-THROB IS TIPPED TO WIN AN OSCAR FOR HIS LATEST ROLE IN 'LES MISERABLES' WITH RUSSELL CROWE. CHANNEL NINE'S ROBERT PENFOLD HAS MORE. (SINGS) BELTING OUT A NUMBER WITH AN OLD FRIEND. BOTH SING THE PAIR HIT THE STAGE AT THE PUB RUSSELL CROWE OWNS IN NEW YORK FOR AN IMPROMPTU GIG. THEY BOTH STAR IN THE UPCOMING FILM ADAPTATION OF 'LES MISERABLES'. FOR HUGH JACKMAN, IT COULD WELL BE THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME. WHO AM I? JEAN VALJEAN IS THE HOLY GRAIL FOR ME. IT'S... I KNOW THAT IT DEMANDS EVERYTHING FROM ME AS A SINGER; AS AN ACTOR TO PULL IT OFF. BUT IT'S THE LESSONS HE LEARNT FROM HIS SINGLE-DAD FATHER ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY THAT REALLY BRINGS HIM TO TEARS. IT'S ALL... SORRY, MATE. IT'S ALWAYS,... 'HOW'S DEB?' IT'S NOT ABOUT WORK. AND I THINK THAT'S HIM LIVING WITH, PROBABLY, SOME OF HIS REGRETS AND FEELINGS OF, MAYBE, HE... YOU KNOW, AT THE WRONG TIME, PUT TOO MUCH INTO HIS CAREER. AND, UH, HE... DOESN'T WANT ME TO MAKE THAT MISTAKE. JACKMAN HAS NOW WRAPPED UP FILMING ON HIS FIFTH WOLVERINE MOVIE AS WELL. JEAN VALJEAN IS NOTHING NOW! BUT IT'S 'LES MISERABLES' THAT COULD WIN HIM AN OSCAR. NOW TO THE WEATHER. FOR WEATHER, SEE ONENEWS.CO.NZ THAT'S IT FROM US HERE ON TONIGHT. THANKS FOR WATCHING. GOODNIGHT. CAPTIONS BY ANNE LANGFORD AND RICHARD EDMUNDS. CAPTIONS WERE MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM NZ ON AIR.